F18 Super Hornets stop over in Auckland, New Zealand

[zkdan]

Here are some pictures and video of when Auckland International Airport played host to some rather different international aircraft.

The five Super Hornets were accompanied by a C17 military transport aircraft.

I was lucky enough to be out there for work.

The Super Hornets flew on to Brisbane:

[cancidas]

sweet. i thought omega only flew 707s.

[Steven Holzinger]

I believe these are the first five Super Hornets for the RAAF...

[Perriwen]

I believe these are the first five Super Hornets for the RAAF...

Those were delivered a few weeks ago, weren't they?

[NLovis]

Wow luck is on your side. very nice coverage.

[moose135]

I believe these are the first five Super Hornets for the RAAF...

They are - they arrived the last week of March. They are the first of 24 the RAAF is buying (the rest will be delivered later this year and next) as a "stopgap" measure between the retirement of their F-111s and the arrival of the F-35.